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FRED M. CARROLL, 0F DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

ACCOUNTING AND CHECK-DELIVERING MECHANISM.

Application filed September 11, 1913.

To all n /1 0722 it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnno M. CARROLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Accounting and Check-Delivering Mechanism, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

In application for Letters Patent of the United States No. 773,943, filed June 16, 1913, by the present applicant there is shown a machine designed primarily for use in large commercial establishments, such as department stores, which machine is arranged to print upon a sales slip symbols designating the cashier operating the machine, the consecutive number of the sale, the date and the amount of the transaction. This machine is also provided with a record strip upon which is recorded the same information which is recorded upon the sales slip and in addition thereto has characters perforated therein symbolical of the amount of the transaction, the number of the clerk making the sale and the department in which the cl rk is employed.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide mechanism for severing the record. strip into checks and to distribute the severed checks among a plurality of recepta cles each of which is divided into a plurality of (-ompartments, which compartments are assigned to the various clerks operating under a cashier and which are selected under control of clerks manipulative devices of the cashicrs machine. By the assorting of these checks in the clerks compartments the total of the clerks sales may be ascertained read ily by simply adding up the checks of each compartment. This adding of the clerks checks may be accomplished in a number of different ways. For instance, the perforations in the checks may control registering mechanism, or in case the checks are not perforated but simply have the amounts recorded thereon the totals of the checks in the va rious compartments may be accumulated upon an adding machine. Heretofore in order to tabulate the clerks and department totals it has been necessary to assort the sales slips according to the clerks making the transactions and then tabulate the clerks totals, from which totals the departmental Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J one 13, 1916.

Serial No. 739,303.

totals may be ascertained by the adding of the various clerks totals operating in any department. Vith this improved machine it will be obvious that this burdensome work of asserting the sales slips is entirely eliminated as the checks hearing date similar to that recorded upon the sales slip are automatically assorted by the machine.

To record, perforate. sever the check, and to distribute it among the various compartments during a single operation would tend to speed up the parts for performing these various functions with the result that in a short while some of the parts would likely become worn or defective in some respects with the inevitable consequence of making the machine go wrong, and it is a further object of this invention to have these various parts cooperate in such a manner that difli'erent functions are performed upon different cycles of operations of the machine, and as shown herein the printing and perforating of the check is accomplished during the first cycle of operation of the machine, the sev ering of the check occurring upon the second cycle of operation and the delivering of the check occurring upon the third cycle of operation of the machine, it being understood that during the recording and perforating of the checks during the first cycle of operation of the machine manipulative devices are also set up for controlling the delivering of the check into its proper receptacle and compartment upon the third cycle of operation of the machine. By thus extending the functions performed by the machine over several cycles of operation none of the parts attain an abnormal speed and. consequently the wear on said parts is reduced to a minimum.

lVith these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification.

Of said drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of the upper portion of the machine. Figs. 2, 8 and 4: are side elevations partly in section of the right hand side of the machine. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the transverse shafts and connecting devices for setting the selecting mechanism for the punches. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the connecting cevices for setting the selecting mechanism for the punches. Fig. 7 is a sectional view oi the trai -c caruving the punches and the slides for selecting the punches. Fig. 8 is a detail view of: the teeding devices for the check strip. Figs. :1 and 10 together constitute enlarged views 01" the front half 01" the mechanism for controlling the delivering ot the checks to the various receptacles and compartments. 11 is a detail view of the latching detent tor the slides which operate the deflecting plates of the check compartnwnts. Fig. 12 a detail view of the locking ring tor the receptacle selecting device. Figs. 13 and -lto gether constitute r top plan view of the check receptacle a: d counartment selecting mechanism. Fig. if: is a v ew taken on line li n) of P13. 1 and lOOlilHfQ' in the direc- J. I

tion o'l 1e arrow. S gn 16 elevation oi and cciper;

SP-QCtlil .t the upper par e hopper. f S is a deta l view of the opcratingin ianism tor the check s ver-1a.;

device. F 19 is a detail riew or for operatina ll mechanism tor the receptacle in which the check is posited and Tor lo the check depositing mechanism. Fig. 2 1s a detail view of the cams for locking the checl rec itacb selecting mecha m in its at justed positi" and for restoring; the check receptacle selecting to be dclecting' 1:.echanism to it, normal Fig. 21 1s a top plan view of he ping; and delivering mecha; I a side elevation of f 21.

tail view of the lov. er hopper in which prior to bein 93 1s a deportion of the cncck rhc check comes to 1 ipped and del vered to its proper comp; ent of the receptacle. 52% is a plan vie or one of the severed checks with the appropriate data recorded and perforated thereon.

the svstem commonly cmplovcd in department stores one in which a plurality of departments are assigned to a cashier. each of which departments has a number of clerks operating t iere'n. As each clerk makes a sale she forwards a sales slip to the cashier having su )QiYiSlOll over her department and the casl icr jets up in the cash register manipulative devices correspond to the total of the sale and the class of sale as well as manipulative devices designating the clerk and the department. After setting up these various m: uipulative devices the machine is operated and data correspending to the manipulative devices is recorded upon the sales slip and also upon a record strip contained in the machine, after which a portion of the sales slip con 1,1es,54e

taining the printed record is wrapped with the goods and returned to the clerk making the sale, who in turn hands the package to the customer.

in order that the detail description which is to follow may be better understood, a general description of the functions performed by the improved machine and the mode of operation thereof will be here given.

The machine herein shown is provided with a tank of special ke vs such as C. O. l). cash, and credit. live banks of amount ke vs, and also with banks of kg for scttii I up a COlDlT OFilfi number. the first two banks of the latter keys reading from the left. ig. 1. representing the station in which bllQ nachine is located, the third bank the departments resigned to a nufticular cashier. and the tourtl and fifth 1 departments. A foreign key havii 7, the caption F is provided. which k-cv is operated by the cashier when a clerk other than those assigned to the cashier. makes a sale in anv one of the departments over which that particular cashier has charge. These various keys determine the extent of movement imparted to diltcrcntial uaechanism which is actuated upon the operation of the crank handle. The machine herein shown is prov ded with two totaliZ-crs upon one. of which all the cash transactions made bv the clerks operating not a particul: r cashier are accumulated, while the other totalirer is used for the purpose of accumulating the cash sales made by toreig'n clerks or those not operating under this par ticular .ashier. hen other transactions than cash, such as F. 0. l1. and credit t 'ansactions are recorded no entries of such transactions are made upon the totalizers h it thev recorded on the sales slips and record strip.

The differential mechanism controlled by the various manipulative devices above described are connected to type carriers for recording; upon a record strip the kind of transaction. the amount of same. and a composite number representing the station, the clerk and the department in which the sale is made. A cashiers svmbol is also set up by the cashier operating' the machine. there being provided in this particular machine two of such symbols, one of wnich has to be in position for the purpose of printin upon the record strip and also upon the sales slip before the machine can be n anipulated. In addition to printing the above data upon the record strip the consecutive number of the sale and the data thereof is also recorded upon said strip. The sales slip is arranged to have printed thereupon in triplicate the cashiers symbol. the consecutive number of the sale. the data In I.

thereof and the amount. One of these impressions is taken upon the original of the said slip while the remaining two are taken upon the duplicate and the latter severed between said impressions and the severed portion deposited in one of two receptacles depending upon whether the transaction is made by a regular clerk or a foreign clerk.

The transaction and the amount manipulative devices as well as the department and clerks manipulative devi es control devices for selecting punches which perforate the record strip with characters identifying the transaction, the amount thereof, and the clerk by whom the transaction is made, and the department in which it is made, these perforations being used for the purpose of controlling subsequent accounting operations as hereinafter described.

l\f[echanism is provided for severing the record strip into checks, each check hearing the recorded and perforated. data pertaining to a particular transaction. These checks after being severed are automatically distributed to a plurality of receptacles each one having a series of compartments, the selection of the receptacles and. compartments being under the control of the clerks manipulative devices; By this automatic assorting of the checks it will be obvious that at the end of the day totals of the sales made by the various clerks under a cashier may be ascertained quickly, whereas heretofore it has been necessary, in order to obtain the clerks totals, to assort manually the sales slip after the same has been received from the various stations throughout the store, which assortment in itself requires a considerable amount of time and labor.

As previously mentioned, this machine is provided with a plurality of lDtLZlliS of keys or manipulative devices comprising one bank of special transaction keys 1, such as (10.1), cash and credit five banks of amount keys 2 and five other banks of keys consisting of two banks of clerks keys 3, one bank of department keys 4; and two banks of keys 5 representing the various stations. these last five mentioned banks of keys when taken collectively representing a composite number. A foreign key 6 has; ing the caption F is also provided which key is used by the cashier when a clerk bother than those assigned to the cashier makes a sale in one of the departments over which the cashier has supervision. The special transaction keys 1 control the re lease of an operating handle 600 in a manner fully shown and described in the afore mentioned application and which it is thought not necessary to illustrate here as it forms no part of the present invention. This operating handle 600 is provided with a pinion 7 Fig. 2 which meshes with a gear 8 secured to a shaft 9 extending through the machine and this gear 8 meshes with a similar gear 10 secured to a stub shaft 11 profrom the frame work 12 of the machine. Secured to the shaft 9 to which is also SG(5ELC the gear 8 as previously mentioned, is a disk in which is provided with a cam groove 13. In this cam groove projects a roller 1a; extending from the upper end of a vertical member of a bell crank 15 16 on the right hand The horizontal arm of the bell crankis connected by a link 17 to an arm 18 secured to a transverse shaft 19. Extending downwardly from each end of the shaft 15) is an arm 20, which arms are connee d at their lower ends by cross rod 21. i-i. series of driving elements 22, one for each bank of keys, are connected to the rod at their forward ends and at their rearends are supported. by links 23 piviy mounted as at 24.- to their respective ass 25 which support the various banks From this brief description it will seen that as the cam disk 12 is rotated in an anti-clockwise direction, Fig. 2, the bell crank 15 will first be oscillated in a e direction and then back to normal po ion, by which movement, through link 1'4 and arm 18, the frame comprising the side arms it) and cross rod 21 will be rocked first in an anti-clockwise direction and then in a clockwise direction. This movement of the frame, which is a constant one, will be imparted to the driving ele ments connected to the cross rod 21 of said irame at their forward ends.

Cooperating .ith each bank of keys is a oflevers the lower end of said lei ers being connected by a slot and pin connection and 28 with their respective driving element The upper end. of the lev are normally free while at the in- .rcdiate point between their ends each lever of a particular bank is pivoted to a driven member 29. The forward end of each of the latter members is guided by a lug 30 project" g from its respective key frame 25 while the rear end of said driven member is connected to the upper end of an arm 31 loose v mounted upon the foremost one of a series of transverse shafts Each arm 31 has a companion arm 33 mounted upon the rearmost sh; t of the previously men tioned ser es of transvase shafts and is connected theret by link 3 11. The links 3% connected to the driven. members 29, which are under the control of the amount keys, provided with rack portions which are arranged to engage with pinions 36, the pitch line of one of said pinions being only shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. These pinions are supported in a frame 37 and have connected thereto pinions 38 which engage with pinions of the totalizer elements 239 through which ganconnections the eleme 29 are actuated an extent depending its fully cribed in the copending aprio ly mentioned, the total- .u ol which tncrc two. are normally shown and tie:

pheatiou upon the amount lceys demessed.

en ieincnt with the actuating racks itrol d by the ount keys and are med to be brou t into engagement l with said l'ariis by an ope "ation of the "cash" hey alone or by an operation of the u 7 1 il .;i!" "7 i w .3 W (Jr: ire. and me rout-u ,-\Q\. its lllllv explainet the aforementioned application. all of too sales made by the clerks operat" l h l haying charge of th ,n one of the to al- 1;; is n ade by a clerk few that is a. clerk from som 1 than which the casl 1' i of, the cashier operat n connection with 1 1h mount and cash ey. which foreign lcey controls mechanism for shifting the l aframe as to bring' the second or forciejn totaliiaer iii position to engage with t i controlled by the amount l:e

shifting and rocking o the frame ':21li \'ll the totalizer is only briefly mentioned her and for a detailed de scription of the mec ianism for accomplishing this result reference may be had to the a torementumcd application.

The differential mo ement of the members 2?) is brought aoout in the ollowing mar c actiuitinaracks rlxjurefe ence to "2 it will be seen a pi ora joint? 0 tl the driven inem iiers 's ob ious t at i ie levers :26 upon y, 'rom which it ition of the i. rented from while the lower moved by the the levers the drivpon ear-h frequently occurs t A depressed I l rock idly about their n otal pr iuts upon the t imparting any movement to said mei Extending from each or '11 ll) which plays I" tween s u d y being under connections re pective l n i shown in i. i it s hat there is one of such n each shaft and its while the linl: under cone n key is connected to a g one of the shafts as fully t"- n th u' 'awinn's trol of the forei sleeve surro undin shown in the aforementioned application but not being shown here because of the fact that it forms no pa t of the present invention. it being thought that a mere mention of the manner of connection would sullice.

T he sales slip is placed upon the table 38-i- (l ig. l) and upon the ope 'ation of the i-raul: handle (3 it is fed in the machine and receives three impressions from the type carriers, one of vhich impressions is upon the original portion of the slip and the other two upon the duplicate portion, the said duplicate portion being severed between the impressions thereon and the severed part of the shy deposited in. a suitable receptacle. he records made upon the sales slip comprise the cashiers symbol, the consecutive number of the sale. the date, and the a nount of the trans: ction, the amount type carriers being set up by connections from the shafts under the control of the amount lief-S 2. while the cashiers symbol .and the dating type carriers are adjusted by the cashier operating the nrachine, the consecutive number type c: rriers being advanced automatically one step upon each operati 11 of the machine. A further description of the adjustment of the "aliens type carriers for recording upon the sales slip and the manner of feeding said sales slip and severing a portion thereof may be had by reference to the aforementioned application.

Two sets of type carriers ll: and 45, Fig. are pr raided for recording upon a check a p to. Ti type carriers -':l-l: are arranged t print the cashiers symbol. the consecutive number. the date and the amount of the transaction, while the type carriers are a 'rann'ed to print the class of trai'isaction, whether it is cash. C. 0. D. or charge, the composite number representiim' the statioi i departn'ient and cler and in character i if the sale is made by a foreign clerk. The amount type ,-arriers as well as the transaction type carriers and the type carri; i rcpre entinyz; the composite number and whether he sale is foreie'n or one made by the clerk operating under the cashier, are connected by links it (Fig. 2) to arms 48 extending: downwardly from the shafts 32, from which it will be seen that as the shafts ar rocked under the control of the manipulative novices as hereinbefore described. a corresponding movement will be imparted to the type carriers l t and The cashier-"s symbol, the consecutive numbering type carriers and the dating devices are geared to similar devices for recording upon the check s rip and simultaneously set up with said deiic xs as fully shown and described in the aforementioned copending application. After the type carriers are set up impressions are taken therefrom upon the check strip by platens l9 and, 50, which platens are suitably operated by one of the driving shafts of the machine as described in the aforementioned application.

Devices are set up under the control of the transaction keys 1, amount keys 2, and clerks department keys 3 and 4 for punching characters upon the check strip symbolical of the amount and kind of transaction entered in the machine as well as the clerk making the transaction and the department in which it is made, these perforations controlling subsequent'accounting operations as will hereinafter more fully appear. The shafts 32 controlled by the amount keys, clerk number keys, department and trans action keys have arms 51 extending upwardly therefrom (Fig. 5), which arms at their upper ends are connected to rods 52 and which rods in turn are connected to yoke frames 53 pivotally mounted upon transverse shafts 5-1 extending from the rear toward the front of the machine and suitably supported in the frame work 12. The yoke members are connected by rods 55 v(Figs. 5 and 6) to selecting plates 56 which the upper edge thereof, which thin plate enters recesses 64 cut in the sides of the punches 60. Projecting from each side of the frame 62 is a pin 65 which enters a recess 66 formed in an arm 67 extending forwardly from a rock shaft 68. Upon the operation of the machine the check strip 46 is fed beneath the punches 59 as hereinafter described, at which time the supporting arms of the frame 62 carrying the punches are rocked pcrn'litting said punches to be lowered into engagement with the check strip. Simultaneously with the lowering of the punches the frame 57 carrying the selecting plates 56 will also be lowered, the said selecting plates having in the meantime been adjusted under the control of their manipulative devices.

he lowering of the frames 57 and 62 is accomplished as follows: The gear 10' has formed in the side thereof a cam groove 70 in which plays a roller 71 projecting from the forward end of an arm 72 suitably supported upon a stub shaft 73 projecting from the frame work of the machine. This arm extends rearwardly and at its extreme rearward end is provided with a notch 74: in which plays a pin 75 projecting from the forward end of a centrally pivoted arm 76. A link 77 connects the extreme rearward end of the arm 76 to the extension of one of the Directly beneath the selectingarms 67 carrying the frame 62 and the forward member-of the centrally pivoted arm 76 is connected by a link 78 to the frame 57. From this construction it will be seen that as the arm 72 is r cked in a clockwise direction the link 77 projecting from the arm 7 6 will be elevated and the link 7 8 lowered. The elevation of the link 77 will rock the arms 67 which will lower the frame 62 carrying the punches permitting said punches to come in contact with the check strip, w iile the link 78 will lower the frame 57 carrying the selected plates 56 into contact with the proper punches. The continued movement of said frame 57 forces the punches 59 with which the plates 56 cooperate through the check strip while the remaining punches will be held elevated by said strip. After the selected plates 56 have operated the proper punches the cam groove 7 0 will operate the arm 72 so as to restore the parts to normal position as shown in Fig. 2. As the frame 62 is elevated the plate 63 carried thereby will engage with the shoulders formed by the upper edges of the notches in the plungers 59 and positively elevate said plunger. Below the frame 60 which carries the punches 59 is a receptacle 79 into which are deposited the punchings from the strip l6. This receptacle 79 is slidably mounted on the frame 61 and may be ithdrawn when desired to empty the said receptacle of the punchings.

The check strip 16 is arranged to be fed in one direction to a position to receive the perforated characters and then fed intermittently in a reverse direction to receive the printed data from the different groups of the type carriers during one cycle of op eration of the machine. In the reverse feed of the strip to the type carriers the same amount is not fed as when the strip moves forward to the perforating devices as that during the succeeding cycle of operation when the strip is fed to the perforating devices that portion of it bearing the printed and perforated data from the previous operation, will be in position to be severed by the knives which are mounted in rear of the perforating devices as hereinafter described.

The frame 61 in which the frame 60 carrying the punches 59 mounted is in turn slidably mounted upon rollers 80 (Fig. 3) suitably supported by the frame work 12 of the machine. he purpose of having this frame 61 mounted in such manner is to permit the withdrawal of the frame to enable the ready insertion of a check roll 81 from which the check strip 46 is fed. For a detailed description of the manner of mounting this slidabl-e frame 61 reference may be had to the aforementioned application. The check strip as shown in Fig. 2 is led from the supply roll 81 over a guide 811 between the type carriers 14. and platen 50 to the feed rollers 82 and 83 from whence the strip is fed between the type carriers and platen f9 and thence beneath the punches 59. A guide for guiding the end of the check strip so that it will pass under the punches has been omitted from the drawing for the sake of clearness. The rollers 82 and 83 during the first part of the operation of the machine feed the check strip rearwardly to bring a portion thereof beneath the punches 59 and after the strip has been perforated by the punches 59 it is then fed forwardly to the type carriers -15, which record upon one side of the perforated data, as shown in Fig. 2 1, and then the strip is slightly fed forwardly so as to have an impression taken thereon from the type carriers 4+1 on the opposite side of the perforated data from the impression which is taken from the ty e carriers t5. These impressions from the type carriers and 45 are taken near the last part of one com plete cycle of operation of the machine and the check strip remains in the position in which it receives the impression from the type carriers -14 until the succeeding operation of the machine. At the next operation of the machine the strip is fed rearwardly by the rollers 82 and S3 to such an extent that the portion thereof printed and perforated at the previous operation will be carried beyond the perforating plungers 59 so as to be severed by knives 8st and 85, as hereinafter more fully explained. The rollers 82 and 8-3 are provided with pinions 86 and 87 respectively which mesh with each other (Fig. 8). This latter pinion meshes with a pinion SS suitably secured upon the side of the frame (31 which pinion in turn meshes with a gear 89 secured to one end of a sleeve 890. Fig. 10. loosely mounted upon a shaft 90 suitably secured within the frame work of the machine. Secured to this shaft 90 is a disk 91 having notches 92 cut in the periphery thereof. (Fig. 8). Adjacent to this disk and loosely mounted upon the shaft 90 is an arm 93 at the outer end of which arm is pivotally mounted a spring pressed pawl 91 which engages with the notches 92 of the disk 91. A link 95 connects the arm 93 with a lever 96. the latter being mounted pivotally as at 97 to the left hand side frame of the machine. The upper end of the lever 96 is provided with a roller 98 which plays in a cam slot 99 formed in a gear 100 which is given one complete rotation upon each operation of the machine by an intermediate gear 1000, Fig. 2, the pitch line only being shown, which gear is driven from the previously described shaft 9. The shape of the cam groove 99 is such that during the first half rotation of the gear 100 the notched disk will be rotated in an anticlockwise direction to the extent of approximately three notches or about three-tenths of a rotation. The feed pawl 91 will be held temporarily in this advanced position due to the shape of the cam groove 99 and while in this position a bell crank lever 101 pivetally mounted upon the left hand side frame of the machine will be rocked in an anti-clockwise direction lvj a pin 102 projecting from a gear 103 contacting with the horizontal arm of said bell crank 101. The 103 meshes with gear 1000 and receives a complete rotation during each operation of the machine. This rocking of the bell crank 101 will cause the vertical member thereof to contact with a pin 10% projecting from the feed pawl 94c and withdraw said pawl from engagement with one of the notches 92 of the disk 91. Immediately after the disengagement of the pawl 91 from its notch 92 the arm 93 carrying said pawl will start on its return movement and the pawl will ride upon the surface of the disk 91 until it is forced into the next notch 92 of said disk by its spring. the remainder of the return movement of said pawl being then imparted to the disk 91. This disk clutch mechanism 910, Fig. 10, which is fully shown and described in the aforementioned application connected with the gear wheel 89 through sleeve 890. This reciprocatory movement of the gear 89, will through the gears 80. ST and 89 cause the rolls S2 and S3 to feed the check strip rearwardlv and forwardly. the strip being fed one-third greater distance rearwardly at which time it receives the perforated data thereon than it is fed forwardly to receive the printed data.

The severing mechanism for the check strip is operated upon each operation of the machine, but a check which is printed and perforated is not severed until the succeeding operation of the machine. This is because of the fact that the check strip is fed to the perforating devices first and then fed back from said devices to the recording means in which position it remains until at the beginning of the succeeding operation of the machine. llpon the second operation of the machine the check strip fed to such an extent that the portion previously perforated and printed will be fed into position to be severed by the knives S5 and S0 in which position of the strip a fresh portion thereof is brought beneath the perforating devices. tionary km re 2, 10 and 18). is secured to the frame (30 in which are mounted the perforating plungers 59. This knife has a suitable opening 105 through which the check strip passes. The movable knife 87 is mounted upon pins 100 which project forwardly from a plate 107 secured to rock shaft 108 mounted within the slidahle frame (51 which carries the check strip feeding de- The knife 86, which is a sta- 

